Players move up or are injured and leave a hole behind. This has hit the Shorebirds hard this year, but as of late, pitchers moving up has completely unhinged the possibility for momentum that Delmarva had in the first half.

Unfortunately for Shorebirds fans, this is great news.

The players are gradually moving up in the system with success. Mike Yastrzemski is already in AA Bowie batting .302 in 15 games.

With Sebastian Vader and Jon Keller and called up and Hunter Harvey injured, the Shorebirds lost 18 of their 55 wins right there, along with the consistency of the rotation.

Steven Brault's and Mitch Horacek's ERAs are under 4, but untimely hitting and bad innings have plagued them all year.

Luis Gonzalez has been a bright spot, going 6-0 with a 2.20 ERA and throwing 20 1/3 straight scoreless innings.

However, some of the call-ups haven't looked too comfortable yet.

Nick Cunningham is 1-4 with an 11.63 ERA, Janser Severino is 1-1 with an 8.53 ERA and Dariel Delgado is 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA.

But none of those three pitchers have thrown over 22 innings yet, and manager Ryan Minor has said all season that it takes time for players to get settled.

"We have some new pitching coming up, made moves here and there," Minor said. "Guys are a little banged up and they have to fight through it in the last month."

Stretch it out

With the injury to Harvey, Bennett Parry was given the opportunity to perform in the rotation. This is Parry's second stint with the Shorebirds this season, as he began the year in the team's bullpen.

After being transferred to the Aberdeen Ironbirds, Parry pitched 24 2/3 innings, going 2-0 with a 1.09 ERA. Parry's first start with Delmarva didn't yield favorable results as he surrendered a first-inning home run and surrendered five runs (two earned) in 4 2/3 innings and was saddled with the loss Friday night.

Sisco has the good stick

In Friday's 7-4 loss to Lakewood, Shorebirds catcher Chance Sisco collected three hits in five at-bats, building his league-leading batting average to .348.

That number puts him seven points ahead of Ashville's Michael Benjamin and 16 points ahead of teammate Drew Dosch.

Comings and goings

There weren't many moves made during the last week, but here is Shorebirds transactions since last Sunday:

• Harvey was placed on the disabled list and Parry was called up from short-season Aberdeen on Thursday.